Flightradar24 Airports API
Reference data for airports worldwide
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Flightradar24 Airlines Airports API
description: Flightradar24 is the world's most popular real-time flight tracking platform, monitoring over 250,000 daily flights using data from a global network of ADS-B, MLAT, and radar receivers. The FR24 API provides developers with programmatic access to live aircraft positions, historical flight data, flight summaries, and reference data for airports and airlines. The credit-based subscription API uses Bearer token authentication and is available at https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/api with three tiers — Explorer, Essential, and Advanced — covering hobby projects through high-volume commercial applications.
version: 1.0.0
contact:
url: https://support.fr24.com/support/solutions/folders/3000022922
license:
name: Proprietary
url: https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/docs/getting-started
servers:
- url: https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/api
description: Flightradar24 API
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Airports
description: Reference data for airports worldwide
paths:
/static/airports/{code}/light:
get:
operationId: getAirportLight
summary: Get airport (light)
description: Returns basic reference data for an airport by IATA or ICAO code, including the airport name, IATA code, and ICAO code.
tags:
- Airports
parameters:
- name: code
in: path
required: true
description: Airport IATA (3-letter) or ICAO (4-letter) code.
schema:
type: string
pattern: ^([A-Z]{3}|[A-Z]{4})$
example: LHR
responses:
'200':
description: Successful response with basic airport data
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/AirportLight'
example:
icao: EGLL
iata: LHR
name: London Heathrow Airport
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
/static/airports/{code}/full:
get:
operationId: getAirportFull
summary: Get airport (full)
description: Returns detailed reference data for an airport by IATA or ICAO code, including full airport name, geographic coordinates, elevation, country, city, state, timezone, and runway information.
tags:
- Airports
parameters:
- name: code
in: path
required: true
description: Airport IATA (3-letter) or ICAO (4-letter) code.
schema:
type: string
pattern: ^([A-Z]{3}|[A-Z]{4})$
example: WAW
responses:
'200':
description: Successful response with detailed airport data
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/AirportFull'
example:
name: Warsaw Chopin Airport
lat: 52.1657
lon: 20.9671
elevation: 110.5
country:
code: PL
name: Poland
city: Warsaw
state: Masovian Voivodeship
timezone:
name: Europe/Warsaw
offset: 3600
iata: WAW
icao: EPWA
runways:
- designator: 15/33
heading: 150
length: 3690
width: 60
elevation: 110
thr_coordinates:
- 52.1657
- 20.9671
surface:
type: ASPH
description: Asphalt
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
components:
schemas:
AirportFull:
type: object
description: Detailed airport reference data including runways and geographic information.
required:
- name
- lat
- lon
- elevation
- country
- city
- timezone
properties:
name:
type: string
description: Airport full name.
example: London Heathrow Airport
lat:
type: number
format: float
description: Airport latitude in decimal degrees.
example: 51.4706
lon:
type: number
format: float
description: Airport longitude in decimal degrees.
example: -0.4619
elevation:
type: number
format: float
description: Airport elevation in feet.
example: 83.0
country:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Country'
city:
type: string
description: City served by the airport.
example: London
timezone:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Timezone'
iata:
type: string
nullable: true
description: Airport IATA code.
example: LHR
icao:
type: string
nullable: true
description: Airport ICAO code.
example: EGLL
state:
type: string
nullable: true
description: State or region.
example: England
runways:
type: array
nullable: true
description: List of runways at the airport.
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Runway'
Country:
type: object
required:
- code
- name
properties:
code:
type: string
description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
example: GB
name:
type: string
description: Country name.
example: United Kingdom
Surface:
type: object
required:
- type
- description
properties:
type:
type: string
description: Surface type code (e.g., ASPH, CONC, GRVL).
example: ASPH
description:
type: string
description: Human-readable surface description.
example: Asphalt
AirportLight:
type: object
description: Basic airport reference data.
required:
- icao
properties:
icao:
type: string
description: Airport ICAO code.
example: EGLL
iata:
type: string
nullable: true
description: Airport IATA code.
example: LHR
name:
type: string
nullable: true
description: Airport full name.
example: London Heathrow Airport
Error:
type: object
properties:
message:
type: string
description: Human-readable error description.
code:
type: string
description: Machine-readable error code.
Timezone:
type: object
required:
- name
- offset
properties:
name:
type: string
description: IANA timezone name.
example: Europe/London
offset:
type: integer
description: UTC offset in seconds.
example: 0
Runway:
type: object
required:
- designator
- heading
- length
- width
- elevation
- thr_coordinates
- surface
properties:
designator:
type: string
description: Runway designator (e.g., "27L/09R").
example: 27L/09R
heading:
type: integer
description: Magnetic heading in degrees.
example: 270
length:
type: integer
description: Runway length in metres.
example: 3901
width:
type: integer
description: Runway width in metres.
example: 60
elevation:
type: integer
description: Runway elevation in feet.
example: 83
thr_coordinates:
type: array
description: Threshold coordinates [latitude, longitude].
items:
type: number
minItems: 2
maxItems: 2
example:
- 51.4706
- -0.4619
surface:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Surface'
responses:
Unauthorized:
description: Unauthorized — missing or invalid Bearer token.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
NotFound:
description: Not found — the requested resource does not exist.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
TooManyRequests:
description: Too many requests — rate limit or credit limit exceeded.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
securitySchemes:
bearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: Bearer token authentication. Obtain your API token from the Flightradar24 developer portal at https://fr24api.flightradar24.com/.